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The Broadway Album | 
| Artist: Barbra Streisand
Label: Sony
Category: Music
Buy New: $13.98
Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 16918
Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 85159
UPC: 696998515925
EAN: 0696998515925
ASIN: B00005V3XG
Release Date: January 29, 2002
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | Putting It Together | | • | If I Loved You | | • | Something's Coming | | • | Not While I'm Around | | • | Being Alive | | • | I Have Dreamed/We Kiss In A Shadow/Something Won.. | | • | Adelaide's Lament | | • | Send In The Clowns | | • | Pretty Women/The Ladies Who Lunch | | • | Can't Help Lovin' That Man | | • | I Loves You Porgy/Porgy, I's Your Woman Now... | | • | Somewhere |
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As its title indicates, this 1985 recording marked Barbra Streisand's return to her Broadway roots (significantly, she had dropped her pop-period Guilty perm and returned to straight hair). The CD contains a broad selection of show tunes, from Guys and Dolls's "Adelaide's Lament" to Sweeney Todd's "Not While I'm Around." But let's face it: this may also be one of Babs's most dated albums, due to typically '80s synthesizer-heavy arrangements that simply don't work with the material. Company's "Being Alive" is scarred by a preening alto sax, while West Side Story's "Something's Coming" features what sounds suspiciously like syndrums. But--and it's a pretty big "but"--Streisand sounds more buttery than ever ("Send in the Clowns" may be one of her finest '80s moments), so much so that she often manages to overcome the cheesy production. Now that's a singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
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| Customer Reviews: Read 63 more reviews...
 WHAT A SINGER! BRAVO, BARBRA STREISAND !!! April 21, 2008
Matthew G. Sherwin
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
The Broadway Album by Barbra Streisand is clearly one of her very best. Barbra really opens up on this album and belts out some of the greatest Broadway show tunes ever written. The sound quality is great and the artwork is very well done.
"Putting It Together" starts the CD with Barbra singing her heart out on this number; she handles difficult tempo and key changes like the great chanteuse she always was and still remains! "If I Loved You" from Carousel features Barbra front and center--and that's OK by me! The melody is very pretty and it makes great use of the strings. Barbra's voice is in excellent form--her voice is rich, warm and rather vibrant. Terrific! Similarly, there's another coup for Streisand when she sings "Something's Coming." This magnificent ballad from West Side Story really shines like new when this lady sings it! Barbra again handles the lyrics effortlessly; the key and tempo changes never seem to faze her in the slightest. I'm very impressed!
"Not While I'm Around" comes from Sweeney Todd; and Barbra gives this the royal treatment as she sings this to perfection--and beyond! The piano arrangement is especially elegant and it all holds its own very well.
There's a very grand medley of hits from The King And I; listen for Barbra to do great justice to this stage play with her medley of "I Have Dreamed/We Kiss In A Shadow/Something Wonderful." This medley is a fine tribute to a classic Broadway play that truly remains one of the very best of all time! Barbra does this to perfection--and beyond! I love it.
"Adelaide's Lament" comes from Guys And Dolls; this tune always makes me laugh a bit because it's just that type of song. Although Adelaide is somewhat sad it's just a playful tune in its own way. Barbra sings this with panache and her accent is flawless. Barbra makes "Adelaide's Lament" a huge highlight of this album. In addition, "Send In The Clowns" from A Little Night Music gets one of its best treatments ever when the great Barbra Streisand delivers this without a superfluous note.
"Can't Help Lovin' That Man" again showcases Barbra's vocals squarely front and center--I really like "can't Help Lovin' That Man" a whole lot. This musical arrangement is very well done, too. "I Loves You Porgy/Porgy, I's Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman Now)" comes from Porgy And Bess; and yet again Barbra Streisand delivers this with panache! Great! The album ends with Barbra singing "Somewhere" from West Side Story; this truly is as grand as all the other reviewers say it is; you'll love every second of it!
The Broadway Album really showcases Barbra Streisand's singular vocal qualities. Her fans will definitely want this one for their collections; and people who like show tunes will want this album as well.
Barbra gives us "something wonderful"! October 5, 2007
R. Graff (South Windsor, CT United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an album that Barbra Streisand famously had trouble making in the 1980s, with her last album, Emotions, performing poorly and the more pop-oriented music getting all the sales. But like only Barbra can, she stuck to her guns and got her album produced and released, only for it to be not only one of her most successful albums, but possibly the best of her discography.
Every song on this album belong here, and not only does Streisand make it her own, but she makes you forget these are songs meant for the theatre. She sounds amazing, but does not project her voice in a way that labels the music as purely for Broadway. Admittedly, some of this is due to the fact that she has had the lyrics rewritten for her on some occasions, but that is only a minor thing.
She sings all sorts of great songs on here, from the funny ("Adelaide's Lament"), personal ("Putting it Together"), somber ("Send in the Clowns"), sentimental ("Not While I'm Around"), and of course the big finish ("Somewhere"). What makes her recording of these so great is that she makes them pop music, and also makes them more accessible to those who either don't follow theatre well, or just don't care for it.
Since this album, she has not been able to top her accomplishment. Even some of her best albums sound mediocre compared to this. This is a must have album for everybody, fans and non-fans alike.
 Learning About Love While Yearning June 8, 2007
roger G. burkholder (Omaha, NE USA)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
C. Kenneth Burkholder, who via an understanding was at the time of the original release of this was Barbra's prospectve father-in-law and whose death has occurred, said of this "If I Loved You", "That's nice." The tragicomic rendition of part of Adelaide fascinatingly points out some dangers of stripping for pay.
Just past the beginning of creating "What Times Are," a musical by (a) pacifist(s) as well as an adaptation of my play "What Time Is It, Neil Armstrong?," which is a sequel to my novel "How Did That Sun Get Out," I am inspired by the yearning apparent in "The Broadway Album"--a yearning not for perfection but for worthwhile ways for people all over the earth and in space to spend time.
Great ! February 27, 2007
Rachel B. (Greensboro, NC)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought the CD to replace my worn-out cassette tape, and I was pleased to find it has one more track -- Adelaide's Lament -- which I enjoyed. Nice to have another comic song to balance out the love songs. She brings out the beauty of these lovely tunes.
Number one February 5, 2007
Shalom Freedman (Jerusalem,Israel)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Barbra is the number one female ballad singer of all time. No one has her range of feeling, the sheer lyric power of her voice, her sometimes exaggerated but often poignant power to dramatically express feeling. She can create the chill down the spine with a small trill or with a wild unexpected crescendo. 'Broadway' is her first home, and acting a song as she sings it comes natural to her.
This is one of her finest albums.
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